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Geography > Maritime claims > Continental shelf: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: This entry is derived from Geography > Maritime claims, which includes the following claims, the definitions of which are excerpted from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which alone contains the full and definitive descriptions:
territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal state extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the UNCLOS (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying seabed and subsoil; every state has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles; the normal baseline for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea is the mean low-water line along the coast as marked on large-scale charts officially recognized by the coastal state; where the coasts of two states are opposite or adjacent to each other, neither state is entitled to extend its territorial sea beyond the median line, every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points on the baseline from which the territorial seas of both states are measured; the UNCLOS describes specific rules for archipelagic states.
contiguous zone - according to the UNCLOS (Article 33), this is a zone contiguous to a coastal state's territorial sea, over which it may exercise the control necessary to: prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration, or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea; punish infringement of the above laws and regulations committed within its territory or territorial sea; the contiguous zone may not extend beyond 24 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured (e.g., the US has claimed a 12-nautical mile contiguous zone in addition to its 12-nautical mile territorial sea); where the coasts of two states are opposite or adjacent to each other, neither state is entitled to extend its contiguous zone beyond the median line, every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points on the baseline from which the contiguous zone of both states are measured.
exclusive economic zone (EEZ) - the UNCLOS (Part V) defines the EEZ as a zone beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which a coastal state has: sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the waters superjacent to the seabed and of the seabed and its subsoil, and with regard to other ...
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COUNTRY
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=1 IndiaIndia 200 m 2013
=1 Dominican RepublicDominican Rep. 200 m 2013
=1 United Arab EmiratesUAE 200 m 2013
=1 Jan MayenJan Mayen 200 m 2013
=1 Sri LankaSri Lanka 200 m 2013
=1 NorwayNorway 200 m 2013
=1 ChileChile 200 m 2013
=1 VanuatuVanuatu 200 m 2013
=1 FranceFrance 200 m 2013
=1 New ZealandNew Zealand 200 m 2013
=1 GuyanaGuyana 200 m 2013
=1 UkraineUkraine 200 m 2013
=1 GreenlandGreenland 200 m 2013
=1 PakistanPakistan 200 m 2013
=1 MadagascarMadagascar 200 m 2013
=1 RomaniaRomania 200 m 2013
=1 GuatemalaGuatemala 200 m 2013
=1 GermanyGermany 200 m 2013
=1 CyprusCyprus 200 m 2013
=1 GhanaGhana 200 m 2013
=1 IcelandIceland 200 m 2013
=1 ArgentinaArgentina 200 m 2013
=1 Ashmore and Cartier IslandsAshmore+ 200 m 2013
=1 CambodiaCambodia 200 m 2013
=1 MaltaMalta 200 m 2013
=1 GreeceGreece 200 m 2013
=1 RussiaRussia 200 m 2013
=1 Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda 200 m 2013
=1 EgyptEgypt 200 m 2013
=1 UruguayUruguay 200 m 2013
=1 CanadaCanada 200 m 2013
=1 SeychellesSeychelles 200 m 2013
=1 Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad+ 200 m 2013
=1 CroatiaCroatia 200 m 2013
=1 MauritaniaMauritania 200 m 2013
=1 AlbaniaAlbania 200 m 2013
=1 ThailandThailand 200 m 2013
=1 South AfricaSouth Africa 200 m 2013
=1 Papua New GuineaPapua NG 200 m 2013
=1 SenegalSenegal 200 m 2013
=1 VenezuelaVenezuela 200 m 2013
=1 SudanSudan 200 m 2013
=1 ItalyItaly 200 m 2013
=1 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)Falklands 200 m 2013
=1 BrazilBrazil 200 m 2013
=1 FijiFiji 200 m 2013
=1 ColombiaColombia 200 m 2013
=1 Faroe IslandsFaroe Islands 200 m 2013
=1 LatviaLatvia 200 m 2013
=1 PortugalPortugal 200 m 2013
=1 MoroccoMorocco 200 m 2013
=1 YemenYemen 200 m 2013
=1 DenmarkDenmark 200 m 2013
=1 Sierra LeoneSierra Leone 200 m 2013
=1 BurmaBurma 200 m 2013
=1 VietnamVietnam 200 m 2013
=1 SwedenSweden 200 m 2013
=1 TongaTonga 200 m 2013
=1 KenyaKenya 200 m 2013
=1 AustraliaAustralia 200 m 2013
=1 NigeriaNigeria 200 m 2013
=1 ChinaChina 200 m 2013
=1 Saint Kitts and NevisSt Kitts+ 200 m 2013
=1 MexicoMexico 200 m 2013
=1 Costa RicaCosta Rica 200 m 2013
=1 Cook IslandsCook Islands 200 m 2013
=1 Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire 200 m 2013
=1 PeruPeru 200 m 2013
=1 MalaysiaMalaysia 200 m 2013
=1 JamaicaJamaica 200 m 2013
=1 MauritiusMauritius 200 m 2013
=1 Saint LuciaSaint Lucia 200 m 2013
=1 Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands 200 m 2013
=1 FinlandFinland 200 m 2013
=1 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSt Vincent+ 200 m 2013
76 EcuadorEcuador 100 m 2013

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